| Title | Environmental impact of diluted bitumen / Impact environnemental du bitume dilué |
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| Licence | Please note the adoption of the Open Government Licence - Canada
supersedes any previous licences. |
| Author | Ahad, J M E |
| Source | Public presentations of May 21st, 2019: Environmental Geoscience Program, current status of research projects for the 2019-2024 program cycle; by Jacob, N; Bringué, M; Galloway, J M; Gammon, P R; Outridge, P M; Desbarats, A J; Rivard, C; Ahad, J M E; Duchesne, M J; Geological Survey of Canada, Scientific Presentation 103, 2019 p. 40-45, https://doi.org/10.4095/314914  Open Access |
| Year | 2019 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Document | serial |
| Lang. | English; French |
| Media | on-line; digital |
| Related | This publication is contained in Public presentations of May
21st, 2019: Environmental Geoscience Program, current status of research projects for the 2019-2024 program cycle |
| Related | This publication is related to Environmental impact of
diluted bitumen |
| File format | pdf (Adobe® Reader®) |
| Province | Ontario |
| NTS | 52F/12 |
| Lat/Long WENS | -94.0000 -93.5000 49.7500 49.5000 |
| Subjects | hydrogeology; environmental geology; fossil fuels; geochemistry; Nature and Environment; Science and Technology; Government and Politics; Economics and Industry; environmental studies; environmental
impacts; bitumen; transportation; pipelines; groundwater resources; groundwater pollution; groundwater geochemistry; microorganisms; lake sediments; lake sediment geochemistry; Environmental Geoscience Program (EGP); Experimental Lakes Area;
Environmental impact assessment; Microbiology; Toxicology; cumulative effects |
| Illustrations | photographs |
| Program | Environmental
Geoscience Program Management |
| Released | 2019 10 10 |
| Abstract | To transport bitumen via pipeline, it is blended with lighter hydrocarbon fractions, yielding a less viscous, diluted bitumen ('dilbit').
Although often considered safer than other means of transport
(i.e., railways, barges), incidents such as the one that occurred near the Kalamazoo River (Michigan, USA) in June 2010 have highlighted the potential environment risk caused by dilbit pipeline rupture.
There are few detailed investigations into
the fate and transport of dilbit in the vadose zone and groundwater -a knowledge gap identified over five years ago... |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
This presentation was an introduction about the research that will be undertaken over the next 5 years under the Environmental Geoscience Program. The
goal is to distinguish the environmental effects of natural resources development of those from natural processes. This new phase of research will be looking at marine spills, Canada's largest watershed, permafrost geochemistry, volcanic mercury
contribution, mining impacted watersheds, assessments of aquifers, diluted bitumen and permafrost degradation. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 314914 |
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